aidhmeannach

Irish

Etymology

From aidhmeanna (“aims, purposes”) +‎ -ach.

Adjective

aidhmeannach (genitive singular masculine aidhmeannaigh, genitive singular feminine aidhmeannaí, plural aidhmeannacha, comparative aidhmeannaí)

1. designing; ambitious
2. flighty

Declension

Declension of aidhmeannach

	Singular		Plural (m/f)
Positive	Masculine	Feminine	(strong noun)	(weak noun)
Nominative	aidhmeannach	aidhmeannach	aidhmeannacha
Vocative	aidhmeannaigh		aidhmeannacha
Genitive		aidhmeannaí	aidhmeannacha	aidhmeannach
Dative	aidhmeannach	aidhmeannach; aidhmeannaigh (archaic)	aidhmeannacha
Comparative	níos aidhmeannaí
Superlative	is aidhmeannaí

Synonyms

• aidhmiúil
• (flighty): aerach

Mutation

Irish mutation
Radical	Eclipsis	with h-prothesis	with t-prothesis
aidhmeannach	n-aidhmeannach	haidhmeannach	not applicable
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

References

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “aidhmeannach”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN